Dandy vs Toff - What's the difference?
dandy | toff |
Like a dandy, foppish.
Very good; better than expected but not as good as could be.
Almost first rate.
A man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance.
(British, nautical) A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl.
A dandy roller.
(obsolete) An elegantly dressed person.
(British) A person of the upper class- or high-class-pretence who usually communicates an air of superiority.
* 1972 , New Scientist, Vol. 55, No. 812, "
* 1998 , The Billboard, April 11th issue,
* 2012 , How the Dice Fell , by John Roberts, page 186
As adjectives the difference between dandy and toff
is that dandy is like a dandy, foppish while toff is tough, cool.As a noun dandy
is a man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance.dandy
English
Adjective
(er)- That's all fine and dandy , but how much does it cost?
- What a dandy little laptop you have.
Noun
(dandies)Synonyms
* (man concerned with appearance) dude, fop, macaroni, masher, metrosexual, popinjay, buckDerived terms
* dandify * dandification * dandyishSee also
* * ----toff
English
Noun
(en noun)A groundling's notebook" by Donald Gould
- I came home first class — up the front end with the toffs — semi-anaesthetised throughout the trip by caviar and free champagne — and to hell with frugality and the conservation of resources.
page 34, Paul McCartney's remark on the right margin:
- George Martin always seemed to me to be a "toff " and a gentleman even though his roots, like many of us, were in the common people. George has a touch of class that is quite impressive.
- I like to see the toffs' being ' toffs . The women all glammed up]], the blokes in their tails and [[top hat, top 'ats, all braying and flinging their money around. Confirms all my prejudices. Just a reminder of who my enemies are.